Tubing in Helen

I have always said how lucky we are to live where we do. Unless you have lived in a small town where it takes you 30 minutes to get to your local wal-mart (becuase there was not a target) you can not truly appreciate everything that there is to do in this area. We can be in the mountains or in the city in no time at all. One of our new favorite things to do is to go tubing in Helen. We went recently with some of our extended family and had a great time. I did not get many picture while tubing because I did not want to risk drowning my camera :)! I would be LOST without my camera. Afterwards we had a picnic and the kids threw rocks in the water. So much fun and another great family memory.

Falcolns and water fun

A few weeks ago we took the kids (or should I say the kids took Robbie) to a scrimmage game to see the falcons play for free. This is the second year that we have done this and again we had a lot of fun. They play a game and afterward they set up several fun things for the kids to do. You can get players autographs if you are willing to stand in a forever long line. If you know us well you know we are very adventurous and are always looking to do something fun. especially if it is free. After we did this we took the kids to play in the fountains at centennial Olympic park since it is right across the street. They got to play with 3,258,235 of there closest friends. :)!!! Needless to say it was a little busy as usual.

My first born enters the 2nd grade!!!

On August 11, Lydia made her debut in the new adventures of 2ND grade. Every time I think about this it makes me very sad. She is an amazing little girl (although she would say that she is not little)and I am so proud of her. She is so smart and it is some what strange to see her mature into a big girl. She is reading fluently and will begin to learn how to write in cursive this year. She has a huge heart and is always willing to do and give to others. We are always trying to instill in each of our kids to put others first even when it is not easy. She absolutely loves her school and we are so thankful that she can go there. She goes on Tuesday and Thursday and we home school on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Many people have a hard time understanding why we do this, so to put it simply this is a choice that we have made and we can only hope that others with respect our decision. We feel that a majority of your learning in life happens outside of the classroom and at the end of the day whether you go to a christian private school, a public school, or home school you are going to end up being who God wants you to be no matter where or how you were educated. Our desire for our children is for them to love Jesus and to treat others the ways that we think would make Jesus smile.

I wish I had a pause button!

Grayson has been so cute lately that I really wish I had a magical pause button so he could not get in bigger. The other day he was tired because he had not had a nap and he came up to me and said "I want to sit in your yap (lap)". He got on my lap and then he took each of my hands and placed one on each leg and said "rub". I asked him if I could have a kiss and he said "no, you can kiss my foot". He enjoys giving me a hard time when I ask him for a kiss. He thought this was hilarious. The next morning when he got out of bed he came in my room and said "I awake" and then he snuggled on my lap for 20 minutes. It was so sweet. Afterward he asked me for an awful (waffle).

Thomas the Train

We took the kids to see Thomas the Train Live on Stage at the Fox theater recently. We told the kids we were going somewhere fun but they had no idea where we were going. It was a surprise. They kept trying to guess where we were going. When Lydia found out she said "I have been hearing about this on the radio." They really enjoyed it and I think we all had the songs stuck in our head for days afterwards.

Fun on the Fourth

This year for the fourth we went to the waterfront in Brunswick,Georgia to see the fabulous fire works. It was so much fun. They had dancing, snow cones, free watermelon and best of all the crowds were minimal. Much to our surprise Caleb went to town when the dancing started. The kids had so much fun with some of there cousins.

Slipping and Sliding

We had such a good time at Aunt Allison's pool. She received the award for the most awesome slide. (other than the fact that I sent Grayson down by himself and he slid down backwards with a look of extreme panic. However it did not keep him from going back again, and again, and again... just not by himself anymore!)